Sir William Herschel (1833–1917) and Early Fingerprinting in India
In the mid-19th century, Sir William James Herschel, a British officer in colonial India, made the first practical use of fingerprints in modern…
Early Uses of Fingerprints (Ancient Times)
Centuries before scientific study, ancient civilizations used fingerprints for practical purposes. In Babylon and ancient China, people pressed fingertip impressions into clay tablets…